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Bradley, Sandra

Henry Holton Takes the Ice

32 pp. | Dial | January, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8037-3856-0 $16.99

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Sara Palacios. Everyone in Henry Holton's family is "hockey mad," including his parents, uncle, sister, twenty-three cousins, and his six-time MVP grandmother. Henry also loves the ice but surprises the family when he wants figure skates instead. Mixed-media illustrations with delicate lines warmly capture the icy-thaw of a family's gradual, but loving, acceptance of "one fine ice dancer!" Glossary of hockey terms appended.

Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan